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J. A. ORANDALL. GHILDS CARRIAGE.

N0. 280,464. Patented July 3, 1883.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JESSE A. CRANDALL, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

CHIVLDSV CARRIAGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 280,454, dated July 3,188?.

Application filed October 30, 1882.

(No model.)

Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented anImprovement in Parasol Attachments for Childrens Oarri ages, of whichthe following is a specification.

Figure 1 is a side view of my improvement in parasol attachments forchildren s carriages. Fig. 2 is avertical section on an enlarged scale,showing the manner of connecting the post to the back of thecarriage-body. Fig. 8 is a horizontal section 011 the plane of the line0 c, Fig. 2. Fig. A is a detail vertical section, on an enlarged scale,through the joint between the post and the bow that carries the parasol.Fig. 5 is a bottom View of the top plate of said joint, and Fig. 6 a topview of the bottom plate thereof.

This invention relates to a new manner of joining the post of a parasolattachment for childrens carriages adj ustably to the carriagebody.

The invention is applicable to such structures as are described inLetters Patent N 0. 241,122, of May 10, 18 81, and to other parasolattachments; and it consists, first, in combining with the notched lowerpart of the post a certain slotted supporting-arm that projects from thecarriage-body, and a movable latch or bolt that enters into one of thenotches and holds the post firm at any desired elevation, and a combinedrest and guide for said latch and said post.

In the drawings, the letter A represents the post, and B the bow orparasol-holder of the attachment. The post A is connected to thecarriage-body D byabracket, C. This bracket 0 is more fully shown inFigs. 2 and 3, and consists of a face-plate, a, that is fastened to thecarriage-body by means of screws or otherwise, and of a projecting arm,I), which extends horizontally, or nearly so, from the carriage-body.This arm b is perforated vertically, or nearly so, at two places. Theperforation near its outer end serves to admit the post A through it, asshown in Fig. 2, and near the other end is pivoted in the otherperforation to the bracket a latch or lever, d, which ordinarily rests.on a bridge or support,

e, which is formed in the arm I) and separates said two perforations.The post A has series of notches or indentations, f, on that side whichfaces the latch d. The post A at that portion which enters the bracketis of suitable cross-section other than a circular cross section, sothat it cannot revolve in the bracket. It is properly guided in thewalls of the outer slot, of which the bridge 0 forms one wall. The freeend of the latch d, entering one of the indentations f of the post A,will have the effect of holding the post at any desired elevation andwith it'the parasol attachment, so that the parasol can be let down orraised up, as occasion may require. Normally, the latch rests on thebridge 6, as shown. hen the child is sleeping or lying down, the parasolcan be lowered, and when the child is seated in the carriage the parasolcan be raised.

Heretofore the posts of vertically-adjustable parasol attachments wereclamped in place by means of screws, which were liable to give out intheir threads, and render the entire attachment useless. By my inventionthe adjustment is rendered very easy, and not liable to get out of orderat any time, and the post is always held steady.

In order to adjust the post in the bracket, it is first slightly lifted,so as to carry the latch d slightly over the bracket or arm I), and thenthe latch is taken out of the notch and the post adjusted to bringanother notch into line with the latch.

The upper end of the post A has an enlargement or plate, 71, 011 whichrests an enlargement or plate, 17, that is formed at the end of the bowB, and these two enlargements or plates h andi are connected by a screwand nut, j, as shown in Figs. 1 and 4, and as substantially described insaid Letters Patent No. 241,122.

Z is a projecting button or pin (see Figs. 4 and 6) on the contactfaceof one of these plates, (in the example shown on plate 71.)

m m are a series of indentations or recesses on the contact-face of theopposite plate, (in this example platen) so that the button orprojection Z must enter one of said indentations, thereby holding thebow in the desired position and preventing it from turning on the screwj. When it is desired to adjust the position of the bow, the screw mustbe loosened, the plate I? lifted off the button I and turned suflicientto bring another indentation m over the button, whereupon the joint isagain rigidly closed.

I do not claim a bracket having outwardlyprojecting ears for holding itlatch.

I clainr The bracket (3, having two apertures divided bythe bridge 0,and combined with thenohiehed 1 post A, that passes through the outeraperture, and with thelatch (l, hinged in the inner aperture, the bridgea serving to steady the post and also use rest for said latch, substan-I 5 fiftlly as herein shown and described.

This specification of my invention signed by me this 28th day ofOctober, 1882.

JESSE A. (RANDALL Witnesses:

\VILLY G. SCHULTZ, \VILLIAM H. (1. SMITH.

